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Protest at the Parliament, Lamallari rejects accusations of police violence: The officers were hit first

2026-07-03 12:22:35Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Protest at the Parliament, Lamallari rejects accusations of police violence: The
Besfort Lamallari

Interior Minister Besfort Lamallari has defended the actions of the State Police during the protest the day before in front of the Parliament, stating that the facts and documented footage show that the clashes began with attacks on officers and not with police intervention. According to him, Police officers were hit with stones and hard objects, while during the protest there were also acts of violence against journalists and damage to public property.

According to Lamallari, several police officers were injured during the clash, while he called for not equating the constitutional right to protest with acts of violence committed by a group of people.

"Initially, everything started with the attack on State Police employees with stones and hard objects, where we also had injured employees, initially from Police Station No. 5, then other police stations, which had officers available to guarantee law and order during the protest. Protest is a constitutional right, but on the other hand we must distinguish between protest and violence exercised by a group of people", declared the minister.

Another point Lamallari made was the way events unfolded in front of journalists reporting on the protest. He disputed claims that media representatives were assaulted by the police, saying that the footage provided shows protesters clashing with journalists and attempts to take their microphones during reporting.

"On the other hand, another fact, there were also your journalist colleagues, who, although it was claimed that they were raped by the Police, the facts are completely different. We had earlier a call from the Union of Albanian Journalists, who called on the State Police to guarantee journalists in carrying out their duty and the footage later, which was also administered by our side, was footage where journalists, your colleagues, were actually confronted by protesters, who wanted to take the microphones from them and moreover there was their pushback", he said.
In his statement, the minister also defended the intervention of the State Police, arguing that the officers acted in accordance with the law to prevent the escalation of the situation and to guarantee public order.

Lamallari made a clear distinction between the protest and the people who used violence against police officers, journalists, and public property, describing them as vandals and not protesters.

"Protesters called peaceful, claimed as such by opposition MPs, in fact, it was very clear that they were violating Police officers, with stones and hard objects, intimidating MPs of the Albanian Parliament to enter the premises where they were elected to exercise their duties, and were also violating journalists. I am not talking about Police vehicles, which were clearly seen to be destroyed by protesters, so-called peaceful, but which I do not think can be called protesters. They have nothing to do with the protest. A group, a handful of people, who with stones in their hands violate law enforcement officers, any other employee who passes by and damage public property, are in fact not protesters. They are simply vandals", the minister said.

The statements were made after a visit to the Elbasan Local Police Directorate, where together with the Director of the State Police, Skënder Hita, they inaugurated the reconstructed premises of the institution that aims to provide modern working conditions for 332 State Police employees.


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